Captain Marvel - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:15:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Captain Marvel - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Let’s hold hands and check out an EXCLUSIVE preview of Captain Marvel: Dark Past #2 https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/03/lets-hold-hands-and-check-out-an-exclusive-preview-of-captain-marvel-dark-past-2/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:15:14 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56480 Carol traces the D.N.V.R. insignia to a secret militant group with ties to Carol's family. Check out an exclusive first look at Captain Marvel: Dark Past #2.

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]]> 56480 We need to talk about Carol Danvers’ black bathing suit https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/24/we-need-to-talk-about-carol-danvers-black-bathing-suit/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56095 Dr. Anna Peppard examines the history of Carol Danvers' costumes and Marvel's current obsession with miniseries that put its women back in more dated looks.

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]]> 56095 Another Sanctum Sanctorum sneakaround in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Captain Marvel #3 https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/21/captain-marvel-3-preview/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47480 People always seem to think breaking into and sneaking around Doctor Strange’s house is a good idea. What’s up with that? The Silver Surfer crashes into it in The Infinity Gauntlet, the New Mutants Scooby-Doo it up there in Dead Souls. Heck, Sage and Domino just broke into it in X-Force a couple months ago....

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]]> 47480 Reading The Marvels: A ComicsXF Primer https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/09/the-marvels-primer/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47091 As comics fans, we always hope we can find some magic arrow that will transform people who see movies adapted from comics into comics readers. The system is rigged against that, of course: Comics publishers — especially mainstream superhero comics — exist as little more than IP cannon fodder for their vertically integrated masters, feeding...

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]]> 47091 WMQ&A Episode 239: Kelly Thompson Loves a Creature https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/10/wmqa-episode-239-kelly-thompson-loves-a-creature/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44473 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 239: Kelly Thompson Loves a Creature Writer Kelly Thompson joins the show to talk about her new Image series Black Cloak, Captain Marvel and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You can...

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]]> 44473 The AXE Begins to Fall in Eternals #11 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/21/the-axe-begins-to-fall-in-eternals-11/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40191 The Avengers catch the Eternals digging in their Celestial cookie jar as Thanos creates a cataclysmic distraction far away in Eternals #11, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Guiu Vilanova, colored by Matthew Wilson, and lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: They say there are three basic stories: Hero vs. Hero, Days of Future Past...

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]]> 40191 Enchanting Alliances in Captain Marvel #29 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/23/enchanting-alliances-in-captain-marvel-29/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29957 Through lies of omission, Carol convinces Amora, The Enchantress, to teach her magic. Little does Amora know, Carol is on a mission to destroy Amora’s future son in Captain Marvel #29 written by Kelly Thompson, drawn by Jacopo Camagni, colored by Espen Grundetjern, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Cat Purcell: After a bit of a...

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]]> 29957 Immortal Hulk #47 Shows Us Where She-Hulk’s Loyalties Lie https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/03/where-do-she-hulks-loyalties-lie-in-immortal-hulk-47/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28927 The fights just keep coming as Hulk and his crew fight off the Mighty Avengers in Immortal Hulk #47, written by Al Ewing, pencilled by Joe Bennett, inked by Ruy José and Belardino Brabo. with colors by Paul Mounts, and letters by Cory Petit. Cori McCreery: Here we are again, the world crumbling around us,...

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]]> 28927 It’s a Kind of Magic in Captain Marvel #28 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/21/its-a-kind-of-magic-in-captain-marvel-28/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25483 Carol is struggling in the aftermath of her trip to the future. As she turns to magic for the answer, she must make some Strange partnerships in his tale written by Kelly Thompson, art by Jacopo Camagni, colors by Espen Grundetjern, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Cat Purcell: It’s been a wild few arcs of...

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]]> 25483 Captain Marvel and WandaVision: The Lives They Could Not Live https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/19/captain-marvel-and-wandavision-the-lives-they-could-not-live/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23180 WandaVision spends much of its first episode devoted to playing out a classic sitcom plot. Vision’s boss Mr. Hart and his wife are coming to dinner, only there has been a matter of miscommunication and Elisabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff is under the impression that it is her and the synthezoid’s anniversary. Obviously, hijinks ensue. Taking...

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]]> 23180 Against the Grain? Perhaps? It’s Marvel Snapshots: Captain Marvel https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/24/against-the-grain-perhaps-its-marvel-snapshots-captain-marvel/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21718 Several varieties of heroics as a young activist means Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel in Marvel Snapshots: Captain Marvel #1 written by Mark Waid, art by Claire Roe, colors by Mike Spicer, and letters by Joe Caramagna. Marvel Snapshots: Captain Marvel is not for me. I wanted to like it. I gave it chance after...

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]]> 21718 Will This Be the End of Ove in Captain Marvel #26? https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/24/will-this-be-the-end-of-ove-in-captain-marvel-26/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21722 Carol taps into new power in her attempt to defeat Ove, and hopefully return to the past in Captain Marvel #26 written by Kelly Thompson, art by Lee Garbett, colors by Antonio Fabela, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Cat Purcell: This arc hasn’t been a favorite of mine. I do enjoy a good team up....

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]]> 21722 Captain Marvel Vs Namor’s Son In Our Exclusive Preview Of Captain Marvel #26 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/18/captain-marvel-vs-namors-son-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-captain-marvel-26/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:42:06 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21285 Kelly Thompson and Lee Garbett have taken Carol Danvers to the apocalyptic world of 2052, one ruled by Ove, the tyrant son of Namor and Amora the Enchantress. Now, powered by the mystic mallet Mjolnir itself, Captain Marvel has to save the future from Ove, and find here way back to the present. Make sure...

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]]> 21285 What Lurks Within the Realm of Ove in Captain Marvel #24? https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/09/what-lurks-within-the-realm-of-ove-in-captain-marvel-24/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9890 Carol and co enter deep into the hospitality and territory of Ove. But are things as they seem? Of course not, in this comic written by Kelly Thompson, art by Lee Garbett and Belén Ortega, colors by Antonio Fabela, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Cat Purcell: Phew! For all the questions this one made me...

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